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Date:      Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:12:26 +0300
From:      Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Cc:        Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [CFT] ypldap testing against OpenLDAP and Microsoft Active Directory
Message-ID:  <E8CC9FAF-1B92-4E56-89E8-C712688B360B@cs.huji.ac.il>
In-Reply-To: <20160615012202.GM1072@albert.catwhisker.org>
References:  <CAG=rPVeiPvfBdnmieEHG_0Jp8ZxvTQr-sLdSkutWD5cYhdk9SA@mail.gmail.com> <7c39e5ac-3ed7-f19a-e175-d27af07eea47@delphij.net> <CAOfEmZhkfxBcvDPS5tBYLXnHuzHJ7X7B2j6=BRBHquc8=bevGg@mail.gmail.com> <5fc80d8ee559336a657514b3f2ec2a33@ultimatedns.net> <20160615012202.GM1072@albert.catwhisker.org>

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> On 15 Jun 2016, at 04:22, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> =
wrote:
>=20
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 05:17:19PM -0700, Chris H wrote:
>> ...
>> Honestly, I think the best way to motivate people to do the right =
thing(tm)
>> Would be to remove Yellow Pages from the tree, entirely. :-)
>> It's been dead for *years*, and as you say, isn't safe, anyway..
>> ....
>=20
> "Safe" for what, precisely?
>=20
> It's a lookup service.  It is not limited to looking up authentication
> information, and never has been.
>=20
> And it's a mechanism that has been widely implemented.
>=20
> The catchphrase "Tools, not policy" comes to mind.
>=20
> Peace,
> david

probably this is a bit too late, but we have been using MIT=E2=80=99s =
DNS/Hesiod since the days
when:
	ypserver not responding
was popular, and true, it=E2=80=99s not only for password/group.

my .5 cents

danny





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